Sections 66-5-52 through 66-5-72 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “New Mexico Commercial Driver’s License Act”. History: Laws 1989, ch. 14, § 1; 1992, ch. 13, § 2; 2000, ch. 71, § 1; 2003, ch. 51, § 1. ANNOTATIONS The 2003 amendment, effective March 19, 2003, substituted “66-5-72” for “66-5-71”. The 2000 amendment, effective […]
The purpose of the New Mexico Commercial Driver’s License Act is to: A. improve commercial driver quality; B. remove problem commercial drivers from New Mexico’s highways; and C. establish a system that will prevent operators of commercial motor vehicles from having more than one driver’s license. History: Laws 1989, ch. 14, § 2.
As used in the New Mexico Commercial Driver’s License Act: A. “commerce” means: (1) trade, traffic or transportation within the jurisdiction of the United States between a place in New Mexico and a place outside of New Mexico, including a place outside of the United States; and (2) trade, traffic or transportation in the United […]
As of the effective date of the New Mexico Commercial Driver’s License Act, no person who drives a commercial motor vehicle may have more than one driver’s license. History: Laws 1989, ch. 14, § 4. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — The effective date of the New Mexico Commercial Driver’s License Act is July 1, 1989, the […]
Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a New Mexico driver’s license who is convicted of violating any state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control in any other state, other than parking violations, shall notify the division, in the manner specified in a regulation adopted by the secretary, within thirty […]
A. Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a New Mexico driver’s license who is convicted of violating any state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control in this or any other state, other than parking violations, shall notify in writing his employer of the conviction within thirty days of the […]
It is unlawful for an employer to knowingly allow, require, permit or authorize a driver to drive a commercial motor vehicle during a period in which: A. the driver has a driver’s license suspended, revoked or canceled by a state, has lost the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in a state or has […]
A. A person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle unless the person holds and is in immediate possession of a commercial driver’s license and applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle the person is driving, except when driving under a commercial driver’s instruction permit and accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver’s license valid […]
A. The division shall not issue a commercial driver’s license to a person unless that person can establish that New Mexico is the person’s state of domicile and has passed a knowledge test and a skills test for driving a commercial motor vehicle and, for related endorsements, has passed a medical fitness test and has […]
A commercial driver’s license may not be issued to a person while the person is subject to a disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle or while the person’s driver’s license is suspended, revoked or canceled in any state, nor may a commercial driver’s license be issued to a person who has a commercial driver’s […]
A. A commercial driver’s instruction permit may be issued to an individual who holds a valid driver’s license. B. The commercial driver’s instruction permit may be issued for a period not to exceed six months. Only one renewal or reissuance may be granted within a two-year period. The holder of a commercial driver’s instruction permit […]
A. The division shall waive the required knowledge and skills tests pursuant to Section 66-5-60 NMSA 1978 and issue a restricted commercial driver’s license to an employee of the following farm-related service industries: (1) agriculture-chemical businesses; (2) custom harvesters; (3) farm retail outlets and suppliers; and (4) livestock feeders. B. A restricted commercial driver’s license […]
A. The application for a commercial driver’s license or commercial driver’s instruction permit shall include the following: (1) the full name and current mailing and residential address of the person; (2) a physical description of the person, including sex, height, weight and eye color; (3) the person’s date of birth; (4) the person’s social security […]
The commercial driver’s license shall be marked “commercial driver’s license” or “CDL”. It shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: A. the person’s name and current New Mexico physical or mailing address; B. the person’s full face or front-view color photograph; C. a physical description of the person, including sex, height, weight […]
A. Commercial driver’s licenses may be issued with the classifications, endorsements and restrictions enumerated in Subsections B, C and D of this section, provided that the applicant has passed the knowledge and skills test required by the department. The holder of a valid commercial driver’s license may drive all vehicles in the class for which […]
The division shall establish a schedule of fees to be paid by a licensee for receipt or renewal of an “H” or “X” endorsement pursuant to Section 66-5-65 NMSA 1978. The fee for an endorsement shall be based on the actual cost of conducting federal and state required background checks not to exceed one hundred […]
A. Before issuing a commercial driver’s license, the department shall obtain pertinent driving record information from each state where the applicant has been licensed, through a multistate database, or from each state. B. The department has the authority to exchange commercial driver’s license information as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the […]
A. Except as provided in Subsections C and E of this section, a commercial driver’s license issued pursuant to the provisions of the New Mexico Commercial Driver’s License Act shall expire thirty days after the applicant’s birthday in the fourth year after the effective date of the license. B. The license is renewable within ninety […]
A. The department shall disqualify a person from driving a commercial motor vehicle for at least thirty days if the federal motor carrier safety administration reports to the division that the person poses an imminent hazard. B. The department shall disqualify a person who holds a commercial driver’s license or who is required to hold […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2003, ch. 90, § 9 repealed 66-5-68.1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1992, ch. 13, § 9, relating to persons under influence of alcohol, effective March 28, 2003. For provisions of former section, see the 2002 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
